The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-28
ON BOARD THE suNs SPECIAL BOAT
The Work OF Reporting and PicturiaE the
Series or Great Races.

The Work or Reporting and PIcturiax the
Series OF Great Races.
THE SUMS story, in type and picture, Of
no other yacht race ever had done Is marvel
Of accuracy and completeness. The story OF
that story 10 SO interesting that 1t Is well worth
telling.
Conspicuous among the hundreds of larger
craft that steamed over the course WAS the
swift and stanch tug James D. Nicol, Capt Gus
Nelson. She carried on her forward flagstaff
the burgee Of The SUM- a little frayed and dis
colored by it's contact with wind and salt spray
In previous contests, and on the after flagstaff
the brand new burgee Of The EVENING SUN.
Out OF the fog that overhung the bay In the
early forenoon The Suns tug steamed
alongside the Volunteer, as she lay Off
Bay Ridge. and whistled Top o the morn
ing" to the Yankee yachtsmen. who waved
response with their caps. Then she steamed
across the bay toward the shadowy target
made ON the background Of fog by the big
mainsail Of the Thistle, and piped hearty
greeting to the Scotchmen. who as heartily re-
sponded. She was able to do the visiting
yachtsmen trifling service. and this took her
back to the mooring ground of the Volunteer
Just as the feet Of yachts lying near were be-
ginning to be astir. Up the bay could be seen
the white sails and the whittier steam puffs Of
the many craft coming down to follow the race.
80 began the days work on board the NicOl,
and there was no busier workshop ashore yes
terday than was the floating workshop OF THE
TIE Suns corps Of artists, and before the
whistle sounded Q greeting to the volunteer
they had sneSeeded IN making the rather 1ds
jig matters q this sert ana every reader Sho
Which they aid their work. 30 is Can't. Nelson
an old hand at following internma natl yacht
saa hs srsts shn easy seeing
81 every interesting turn OF the contest. The
breezy sketches. picturing the most striking
start to finish, excepting the interval Of the
principal artists brief absence from the boat;
he of p
lures were submerged for brief but anxious
period makes them not the less interesting to
the many thousand eyes that witnessed the
Next to the race itself. The SUMS ARRANGE,
ments for telling about It by words and pictures
multitude afioat. The crowds on the big ex-
oursion steamers, careened the craft that car.
The ss interesting worksRop as steamed PAST
hurrying to be where something Of moment
vas 70 take place. ana n the day the
the Hook THE SUNS tug steamed ahead and
SUNS reporters with the account that was
Ielegraphed from SANDY Hook Iast evening ,,,s
and wsS
lusty cheers went up when they got thor
sPsxsg :. to the universal question: Who's
Even greater interest than that IN the con-
test OF yesterday is taken In the contest OF to-
morrow. Reported and pictured with the same
fidelity as IL yesterdays race. to-morrows race
will furnish an even more interesting story.
The absenee Of The suS's principal artist
In haa c@bea S e o
teer under her spinnaker. He had completed
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s st ss b ne nHa nj a ss stan
The flag stan was not lntendedto bear such a
strain. and gave way. This caused him to
LADDER HRa sns aSa the sds
light box he went overheard. striking an avn
M ssaRfhl3R G. Be ts dropped after him and
But It was Of service to him in the end, for
strokes put him within reach OF its sup
Tvs had gotten too PSro far 10 aTHy for
was getting more wash than even the com;
planning THISTLE people. TaE suns tug backed
equally distant but head on. got there frat. A
heaying line was thrown to the artist. and he
took . couple Of turns around his body with 4
When he was ppfsJ aionssids Of The HsTsi mus
he passed up his Tam O'shapter before he
the the 9sseana su ~ TO sHs
1T hays g9t my sketch BOOK There 1t was
Diluted ID TIE sUS Of the Volunteer and her
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